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 Muscidae ?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 31-08-2006 10:42
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Is this fly in family Muscidae? The arista are plumose (hard to see, but are they plumose only on one side?). The slight stripes on a gray thorax made me think of Muscidae too, and the eyes look like a Muscid I just posted (though I didn't recognize it as a Muscid). Length was 5.6 mm. Photographed 5 August 2006, in an open area near woodland, West Virginia USA. Stephen attached the following image:  [87.85Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 31-08-2006 10:46
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Second image, the whole fly.
Stephen attached the following image:  [145.08Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 31-08-2006 21:37
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Looks like Muscidae to me, but I don't recognise the species, and can't see the characters needed to key it to genus. Someone more familiar with the Nearctic fauna may be able to help.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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